Rep. Veasey Statement on Congressional Republican Budget

Washington, D.C. –Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after voting against the FY 2016 Republican Budget Conference Plan, S. Con. Res. 11:

"I was proud to vote against the partisan Republican Conference Report that I think should be more accurately called ‘The Work Harder, Get Less' budget. This irresponsible budget agreement between House and Senate Republicans raises taxes on the middle class to pay for tax cuts for the most elite millionaires and billionaires, while doing nothing to create jobs for everyday working families.

Republicans have still not given up on their fixation with taking health insurance away from more than sixteen million Americans by again calling for the repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This budget framework also cuts Medicare for our seniors by $431 billion, and Medicaid for our most vulnerable by half a trillion dollars over the next ten years. Attempting to balance our budget on the backs of our nation's children, poor, elderly, and disabled citizens while lavishing tax cuts on the rich is unconscionable. The Republican Budget agreement would also take food out of the mouths of our most needy by including nearly $300 billion in cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over the same time period.

The values and ideals expressed in this budget are vastly contrary to the needs of the residents I represent, who only want to make it easier to send their children to college, have their roads fixed, have food on the table, and pay their rent. All Americans deserve a real shot at achieving the American Dream."